Warm weekend a welcome change from the last one

On Friday, morning clouds cleared for springlike sunshine, and the afternoon high broke the 70-degree mark. Overnight, skies will be clear with a low near 50 degrees.

Even greater warming and dry weather are ahead for the weekend, when Daylight Saving Time returns and clocks "spring ahead" at 2 a.m. Sunday, too.

The pleasant weather will stick around to start the workweek. "Monday's not going to be too shabby either," Fishel said.

"It is really not going to cool off until the end of next week," he said.

By the end of next week, though, more seasonable conditions for March should return on the heels of a cold front that could bring some rain.